by Cheryl Costa -
Friday, August 8th, 2014
A Port Jefferson teen had a case of Summer UFO Deja Vu
Larry tells us that he was fifteen years old in July
of 1954, and he lived in Port Jefferson, NY, on the north shore of Long Island.
“The night was clear and moonless; four of buddies and
me were walking to a club house on the highest point of Sound Beach.”
It was during the walk long walk that he became aware
of a diamond formation of bright lights in the sky with the brightest light in
the dead center of the formation. Larry called attention to the phenomenon and
the five young men stood amazed as they studied the motionless formation for
several minutes.
“Suddenly, the four bright points that formed the
perimeter of the diamond accelerated outward to the four points of the compass.
The brightest, center point light moved away extremely fast in what appeared to
be straight up.”
Larry states that he was a bit of an aviation buff. He
had a good understanding of aircraft performance. The actions taken by the
bright lights they were observing, were clearly superior to any aircraft he’d
ever seen or read about.
Moments later the five of them could hear the sound of
a fighter jet. Larry says that the sound and direction suggested that the
fighter came from the south and perhaps had come from West Hampton Beach Air
Force Base. The fighter aircraft circled the area several times then headed
south. Larry and the guys thought the show was over. Then shortly after the jet
left the area the five point formation reappeared. Larry says he doesn’t
remember how long the lights lingered in the local sky, but it quite a while.
For most people a UFO sighting is a once in a lifetime
event. But for Larry and another buddy there would be a case of summer UFO deja
vu.
“That same summer possibly two weeks later, two of us
sitting on the cliffs overlooking Long Island Sound when two bright star like
lights appeared over the horizon on the Connecticut shore, heading straight at
us South/Southeast at a very rapid rate of speed.” Larry explained
He says the craft on the right was leading the one on
the left. When the objects appeared to be midway over Long Island Sound
they each made high speed right angle turns to the left heading East/North
East, and quickly disappeared into the darkness over the far eastern end of
Long Island Sound.
“The maneuverability and rate of acceleration were
much faster than any of 1950s aircraft that I knew about,” Larry states.
Larry tells us that he reported these sightings to the
Air Force’s Project Blue Book. He never got an acknowledgement or explanation
from them.
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